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Randolph Caldecott is best known as the namesake of the award that honors picture book illustrators, and in this inventive biography, leading children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus examines the man behind the medal and shows why he was indeed the father of the modern picture book.
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Jacob seems to be anything but a model disciple. He's a trickster, liar, and selfishly ambitious man who fathers children with four women and leads a dysfunctional family rife with jealousy and backstabbing. But Jacob is also Israel, the namesake of the Old Testament community of God, chosen and blessed. As such, this sinner-saint, who limps along with the Lord, burdened by weakness and beset by problems, is the mirror image of all of us who follow...
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The North Dakota Air National Guard's (NDANG) 119th Wing boasts an illustrious 60-year history of flying fighters. The NDANG can trace its roots back to the 392nd Fighter Squadron, which fell under the 367th Fighter Group. Many of its charter members began their careers in the Army Air Corps during World War II and brought their expertise and experience to their home station unit in Fargo, North Dakota. People like Alexander Macdonald had a hand in...
4) Saul
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Saul Bacchus was his father's right-hand man and he was called 'the hammer' because he didn't take well to shite happening around him. When his father needed something done and done well, it was Saul he sent. That's why he was in Japan, someone thought it wise to embezzle from Bacchus Enterprises and they'd face the repercussions for doing it. That's where he met Indigo Cantrell, a ballet dancer in more than a bit of trouble, and nowhere to go. He...
5) Righteous
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He cannot win. I won't let him.
When Igor Kharmarov sacrificed himself to save me, he unwittingly left his eldest son as the paterfamilias of the most lethal of vampiric bloodlines. Now Dracula commands more than a few surviving sycophants. He has an entire army at his command, and they're all coming for me. But when they find me, I won't be alone. Together, hoods, wolves, and slayers will don our cloaks, take our fur, and call upon the power of the...
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The following short stories are stand-alone tales but are part of a larger saga about living in and around the Yellowstone National Park. One hundred thousand years ago, the characters struggled against the top predators of the late Pleistocene. The skills needed to survive such a hostile environment were considerable. Interestingly, the extreme conditions found in the ancient past are very similar to those found today. Eva, the main character grew...
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On May 3, 1943, dozens of planes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield. Among the aircraft seen that day was a B-24D bomber named Hot Stuff, which carried the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews-the officer charged with formulating a plan to invade Europe. Speculation was that General George C. Marshall had called Andrews back to Washington, DC, leading many to believe that...
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An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, groundbreaking portrait of the early days of the republic-and the birth of modern politics
When the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere, which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain in 1812, Dolley Madison arrived, alongside...
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Sixteen short literary stories, each told in a different voice and place. Recipient of the Kirkus Star. The Book Commentary awarded this collection five stars.
IN THE NAMESAKE STORY
An institution that has brought people together is now pushing them apart.
IN THE OTHER STORIES
A mother persistently refuses to turn against her self-absorbed son. A lonely man on borrowed time reconstructs his life, this time with new friends he arbitrarily chooses....
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".
Stowe, a Connecticutborn woman of English descent, was part of the religious Beecher family and an active abolitionist. She wrote the sentimental novel to depict...
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In this first-ever anthology, more than 80 acrostics show the versatility of a storied poetic form that dates back to ancient times. In standard acrostics, the initial letters of successive lines spell out words when read vertically. Highlights include Lewis Carroll's acrostic about the namesake of his Alice character, Edward Lear's humorous alphabet poem, Edgar Allan Poe's sonnet with a name arranged diagonally, and a forty-stanza poem spelling out...
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AlastairBacchus Hill…Alastair grew up on those streets, played soccer on the Golden Mile, and did a lot of other things that would make his Da box his ears and his Ma blush. He took care of the people in Bacchus Hill and that included her, their new resident, Eden King. She was gorgeous, she was a spark that ignited his soul, but the big hurdle was a stark reality. He was an older man and she, his junior, by sixteen years. Alastair seemed to gravitate...
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From an experienced financial journalist, Women Money Power is the story of how women have fought for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality.
For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own...
14) Evolution of Modern Mathematics: The Lives of Influential Mathematicians Who Helped Bring Math in
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In the last 50 years, life has been simplified by the awe-inspiring advancements that have been achieved in the world of computer science and technology. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak unveiled the Apple I, the first-ever computer that operated on a single-circuit board, just five years after a team of IBM engineers introduced the "floppy disk," which revolutionized data-sharing. In 1981, the first personal computer – IBM's Acorn – equipped...
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Wanna-be hero, Jack the Giant Slayer, lives up to his his namesake in this beautifully offbeat prequel story to the twice Ringo Award-nominated dark fantasy series, Snow White Zombie Apocalypse. Will the "Beautiful Bean Magic" of a vagrant wizard be enough to save Jack from the machinations of a cunning, ruthless, and soon-to-be undead monarch? Moreover, what the heck happened to Jack's cow after he traded her for a handful of enchanted legumes?
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THE DEFINING SAGA OF THE SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD! This comprehensive omnibus edition collects the classic Red Sonja stories fromMARVEL FEATURE #1-7,RED SONJA#1-15, and all of the She-Devils solo appearances from Marvel ComicsTHE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN in a single volume for the first time! Master storyteller ROY THOMAS is joined by a dream team of comics collaborators including FRANK THORNE, BRUCE JONES, JOHN BUSCEMA, and HOWARD CHAYKIN, among many...
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